Shoe polishing device and servo-applicator means for use therein
First Claim
1. A shoe polishing device comprising a support having a rotor rotatably mounted thereon which is adapted so that an applicator wheel with a cylindrical outline can be mounted on the same for the transfer of polishing compound to the shoe at the outline of the wheel, servo-applicator means for applying a polishing compound to the outline of the wheel for transfer to the shoe, including pushbutton-like carrier means which are mounted on the support to reciprocate along a parallel to a line intersecting the outline of the wheel, and holder means which are mounted on the carrier means to reciprocate in relation to the carrier means along the line, and adapted to support an elongated stick-like body of polishing compound thereon, the body of compound being supported on the holder means so that it projects along the line with the tip thereof oriented toward the outline of the wheel, and there being means operable to position the holder means and thus the tip of the compound with respect to the carrier means along the line, yieldable biasing means which are operable to displace the carrier means in the direction relatively away from the outline of the wheel, and restrainer means which are operable to restrain the carrier means in a position on the support in which, when the holder means has assumed a predetermined position on the line, the body of compound will assume in turn an armed condition in which the tip of it is spaced apart from the outline of the wheel by a predetermined distance therebetween, the carrier means being displaceable the length of said distance in opposition to the bias thereon, to engage the tip of the compound with the outline of the wheel for transfer of the compound thereto.
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Abstract
The device is armed with servo-applicator means for applying shoe polishing compound to a rotor-driven applicator wheel which in turn transfers the polish to the shoe. The wheel may then be used to shine the shoe with the polish, or a substitute wheel may be used for this purpose, or if need be, an entirely separate means may be used for the purpose. The servo-applicator means may take the form of an insertible cartridge which is operable as a pushbutton-like applicator means on the device, or which can be separately employed as a handheld applicator means. The cartridge is commonly equipped with a stick of polishing compound, and in certain embodiments, the stick is removable from the cartridge, for purposes of renewing or replacing the compound, even while the cartridge is inserted in the device. In other embodiments, the cartridge is first removed from the device and then the compound is renewed or replaced before the cartridge is returned to the device. In preferred form, the device is adapted to be carried in one hand, and is equipped with a plurality of servo-applicator means having several different colors of polish therein.
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- 1. A shoe polishing device comprising a support having a rotor rotatably mounted thereon which is adapted so that an applicator wheel with a cylindrical outline can be mounted on the same for the transfer of polishing compound to the shoe at the outline of the wheel, servo-applicator means for applying a polishing compound to the outline of the wheel for transfer to the shoe, including pushbutton-like carrier means which are mounted on the support to reciprocate along a parallel to a line intersecting the outline of the wheel, and holder means which are mounted on the carrier means to reciprocate in relation to the carrier means along the line, and adapted to support an elongated stick-like body of polishing compound thereon, the body of compound being supported on the holder means so that it projects along the line with the tip thereof oriented toward the outline of the wheel, and there being means operable to position the holder means and thus the tip of the compound with respect to the carrier means along the line, yieldable biasing means which are operable to displace the carrier means in the direction relatively away from the outline of the wheel, and restrainer means which are operable to restrain the carrier means in a position on the support in which, when the holder means has assumed a predetermined position on the line, the body of compound will assume in turn an armed condition in which the tip of it is spaced apart from the outline of the wheel by a predetermined distance therebetween, the carrier means being displaceable the length of said distance in opposition to the bias thereon, to engage the tip of the compound with the outline of the wheel for transfer of the compound thereto.
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